MCLC: Taipei: City of Displacements

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Taipei: City of Displacements
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List members might be interested in this new publication.

Kirk

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Taipei: City of Displacements
By JOSEPH R. ALLEN
University of Washington Press

<http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/ALLTAI.html>

This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei,
Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly
banal subjects - maps, public art, parks - Joseph Allen peels back layers
of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be
celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced
successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful
stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving
from the general to the particular, to see sociocultural phenomena in
their historical and contemporary contexts.

Joseph R. Allen is professor of Chinese literature and cultural studies at
the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

"Through the prism of Taipei's development, Allen masterfully covers many
aspects of visual culture in Taiwan during the past century. The book
details cultural debates with insight and draws on many visual forms.
Taipei is bound to become a prime source on Taiwan culture." - Yomi
Braester, author of Painting the City Red: Chinese Cinema and the Urban
Contract

Watch the 
trailer:http://www.youtube.com/user/UWashingtonPress#p/u/0/xBdGIoox7zM

CONTENTS
Preface
Note to Readers
Prologue

1. Mapping the City
2. Picturing the City
3. Traffic in the City
4. A Park in the City
5. Display in the City
6. Statues in the City
7. A Horse in a Park in a City on an Island in the Sea

Postface: Theoretical Considerations
Notes
Chinese and Japanese Glossary
Works Cited
Index